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	NatureWorks - Least Auklet
		The least auklet is the smallest species in the Alcid family.
		The least auklet nests on rocky coasts with lots of rocks and boulders.
		The least auklet leaves the open ocean in June to return to its breeding grounds.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/leastauk.htm (186 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla, is a seabird and the smallest species of auk.
		Least Auklets are highly colonial, nesting in rocky crevices in colonies of up to a million birds.
		Least Auklets are vulnerable to oil spills and introduced species.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Least_Auklet (403 words)

	Least Auklet
		The Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla, is a seabird and the smallest species of auk.
		Least Auklets are highly colonial, nesting in rocky crevices in colonies of up to a million birds.
		Least Auklets are vunerable to oil spills and introduced species.
	www.transporteon.com /Natural-L/Least_Auklet.php (350 words)

	Least Auklet - Whatbird.com
		Least Auklet: Very small seabird (alcid) with fl upperparts, small white plumes behind eyes, and fl-mottled white underparts.
		● Foraging and Feeding: Least Auklet: Eats aquatic invertebrates; forages by diving from the surface and swimming underwater.
		● Breeding and nesting: Least Auklet: One white egg is laid in a small crevice with no nest materials added; nests in huge colonies on rocky slopes.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/239/overview/Least_Auklet.aspx (756 words)

	Auklet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Auklet, common name applied to birds of several genera, similar to the auks in appearance and habits, but smaller.
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	encarta.msn.com /Auklet.html (151 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Alaska - Highlighted Seabirds of the Bering Sea
		Crested and Least Auklets nest in natural rock crevices on bare talus slopes.
		Parakeet Auklets are found nesting in crevices on talus slopes, cliffs and grassy slopes.
		Auklet nesting habitat overlaps with preferred invasive rat habitat thereby placing auklets in greater threat of predation than many other seabirds.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/alaska/preserves/art19516.html (352 words)

	Seabird Ecology Research Group - Memorial University
		Annual adult survival of Least Auklets (Aves, Alcidae) varies with large-scale climatic conditions of the North Pacific Ocean.
		The frequency and function of aquatic courtship and copulation by Least, Crested, Whiskered and Parakeet Auklets.
		Breeding biology of Crested Auklets at Buldir and Kasatochi Islands, Alaska.
	www.mun.ca /serg/publications.html (1411 words)

	Chapter 17: The Parakeet Auklet
		The Parakeet Auklet breeds amid the rock piles and crevices of islands in the North Pacific Ocean.
		In all its breeding locations, the Parakeet Auklet is closely associated with the Horned and Tufted Puffin, Pigeon Guillemot, the Crested and the Least Auklet.
		While observing Parakeet Auklets on the Pribilof Islands early in the breeding season, I saw a mated bird land near its nesting cavity and utter repeated trilled or warbled songs until its mate arrived, whereupon the two duetted and billed momentarily, before settling to rest quietly side by side.
	promises.freeshell.org /auks/chapter17.html (1291 words)

	Least and Crested Auklets in Flight - photo by Ian Jones
		Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla), the smaller mottled birds in the photograph above, and Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella), the larger sooty birds with heavy orange bills, breed in immense colonies, the largest of which are comprised of hundreds of thousands to millions of individuals.
		Activity at these colonies usually peaks in the morning hours, at which time the auklets congregate in huge flocks and circle the colony repeatedly before landing.
		This swirling river of auklets is truly one of the most spectacular sights in the seabird world.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/seabird_foragefish/photogallery/Picture_of_Month/Feb07-Auklets/Feb07-Auklets.html (241 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Alcid Images
		The Crested Auklet is fl above and dark gray below, with an orange bill, and several feather plumes on its head (all dark feathers except the one that protrudes from the rear of the eye).
		The Least Auklet is the smallest of all the Auklets.
		This Least Auklet was photographed on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/alcid1.htm (684 words)

	Reference Library - RedOrbit
		The Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) is a small seabird of the auk family.
		It is one of the smallest auks, only the closely related Least Auklet being smaller.
		Whiskered Auklets feed in the inshore zone, usually within 16 km of land, where tidal currents concentrate their prey into dense swarms.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library/?article_id=1088 (240 words)

	Whiskered Auklet
		The Whiskered Auklet is a poorly studied species and much research needs to be undertaken on the species.
		It was originally described as two different species, from speciemens collected at different ends of its range, however research has shown that it is a single species with clinal variation along its range.
		Whiskered Auklets lay a single egg in a rocky crevice, in loose colonies with other Whiskered Auklets and also other colonial seabirds.
	www.transporteon.com /Natural-W/Whiskered_Auklet.php (250 words)

	Amazon.com: auklets: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Least auklet: Aethia pusilla (Birds of North America) by Ian L Jones (Unknown Binding - 1993)
		The evidence as to the former breeding of the Rhinocerus auklet in California by Joseph Grinnell (Unknown Binding - 1925)
		An auklet from the Eocene of Oregon (University of California publicatons.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=auklets&index=books&page=1 (894 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Four million Cassin`s Auklets live in British Columbia, but they are difficult to see and study because they spend most of their lives on the open ocean...
		Parakeet Auklets are in the family of birds known as the Alcidae which are commonly referred to as the auks.
		Rhinoceros auklet is a kind of seabird of the size of a dove.
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/alcidae.html (1739 words)

	Identify a bird seen in Alaska by eye color
		Least Auklet: Very small seabird (alcid) with fl upperparts, small white plumes behind eyes, and fl-mottled white underparts.
		Parakeet Auklet: Small seabird (alcid) with fl head and upperparts, white underparts, and distinct white plumes behind eyes.
		Rhinoceros Auklet: Medium-sized seabird (alcid) with fl upperparts, dark gray underparts, and white belly.
	www.whatbird.com /birdexpert/statebillshapeeyecolorcrown/3/288/11037/birdexpert.aspx (487 words)

	Seabird Osteology Skulls Alcidae Small Auks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula, from Alaska to northeast Asian coast, dispersing in North Pacific.
		The Crested Auklet molts a part of its ramphotecal coating, like the puffins, and has a smaller orange bill during winter.
		Least Auklet Aethia pusilla, northern Pacific to Bering Strait area.
	www.shearwater.nl /seabird-osteology/alcidae_small_auks.htm (486 words)

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		They often breed in mixed-species colonies with Least Auklets, their smaller congener.
		The Crested Auklet is recognized primarily by two characters in the breeding season.
		The second is a social odor that the auklets produce during the breeding season, which has been described as smelling like tangerines.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Crested_Auklet (238 words)

	Southeast Alaska: Bird Fossils
		At least 30 bird species are represented from this site, dominated by sea birds such as auks, diving ducks, geese, cormorants, gulls, sand pipers, and loons (see table below).
		The most abundant birds are the common murre, parakeet auklet, tufted puffin, oldsquaw, common eider, and Canada goose.
		Aethia pusilla Least Auklet Fratercula cirrhata Tufted Puffin Fratercula sp.
	www.usd.edu /esci/alaska/birds.html (476 words)

	Bird Quiz Answer 42 ~ American Birding Association
		The slightly paler area wrapping up around the auriculars on our bird also fits Cassin's Auklet, as does the white trailing edge to the secondaries and pale belly.
		The small triangular bill and short chunky body area are also perfect for Cassin's Auklet.
		This Cassin's Auklet was photographed off Westport, Washington in July 2006.
	www.americanbirding.org /photoquiz/quizans42.html (502 words)

	Surfbirds Online Photo Gallery Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Least Sandpiper, Staffs, Drayton Bassett May 2002 © Paul Hackett
		Least Sandpiper, Staffordshire, Drayton Bassett 24 May 2002 © Andy Brett
		Least Sandpiper, Staffordshire, Drayton Bassett Pits 24th May 2002 © Steve Blain
	www.surfbirds.com /cgi-bin/gallery/search2.cgi?species=Least (266 words)

	Random House \| Books \| The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States by ...
		© Birds: The islands are best known for their seabird colonies with two million birds, principally Least Auklets, murres, and fulmars, in the northerly group, and three million in the Pribilofs where a similar mix of species occurs, with the notable addition of 75 percent of the world's Red-legged Kittiwakes.
		Other large colonies of the Least Auklet can be found on Segula (475,000) and Gareloi (402,000).
		One researcher has stated "The number of seabirds that are being killed by rats each year (on Kiska) are more than what were killed by the Exxon Valdez oil spill." The Fish and Wildlife Service is developing a plan to eliminate the rats through the use of poison bait dropped from aircraft.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812970364&view=excerpt (2605 words)

	Rare Bird Alert: July 2005
		Two Rhinoceros Auklets were seen at East Landing on the 19th.
		Only one Rhinoceros Auklet was seen this week, at Ridge Wall on the 14th.
		Rhinoceros Auklets continue to be seen as singles and pairs at Southwest Point and Ridge Wall.
	www.alaskabirding.com /rba/2005/2005_07_01_archive.html (1663 words)

	Bird Quiz Answer 27 ~ American Birding Association
		In part, this arises from knowing that the view is only likely to get worse, so birders often feel a certain pressure to ID the bird right way.
		At least in this case, we can look at the bird for as long as we want…well, technically, I guess we're limited to a month, but that's an eternity for a flying bird.
		While it may be debatable if this is or isn't the bill, we can at least tell that the bill is short.
	www.americanbirding.org /photoquiz/quizans27.html (806 words)

	Seabirding (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Suddenly the sea is full of Least Auklets and smaller numbers of
		auklets, but there are distant Sperm Whales taking advantage of the underwater shelf.
		are rafts of dark Crested Auklets, and Least Auklets whirring past in swarms.
	hometown.aol.co.uk /tonypym/SeabirdingRingOfFirePage3.html (1226 words)

	ReFER II: LEAU (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Least auklets are the smallest Alcid, the size of large sparrows.
		They are known as "chuchkis" on the Pribilofs.
		Least auklets are small and very vocal alcids.
	users.iab.uaf.edu /~sasha/LEAU.html (76 words)

	Least Auklet, August 2003, photo by Jeremiah Trimble
		Auklet colonies can be severely impacted by introduced rats and foxes.
		Kiska Island, a remote island near the western end of the Aleutian chain, has supported one of the largest colonies of Least Auklets.
		But the population of birds at Kiska appears to be declining rapidly, due to predation by Norwegian Rats that probably arrived on the island via troop transport ships during the Second World War.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/seabird_foragefish/photogallery/Picture_of_Month/Aug03-least_auklet/Aug03-least_auklet.htm (255 words)

	BEOLINGUS: Dictionary / Wörterbuch - TU Chemnitz
		not in the least; not a bit; not in the slightest
		He takes a line of the least resistance.
		Things always seem to happen when you least expect them.
	dict.tu-chemnitz.de /dings.cgi?lang=en&noframes=1&service=&query=least (123 words)

	ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF INTRODUCED NORWAY RATS (RATTUS NORVEGICUS) ON SURVIVAL AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LEAST AUKLETS ...
		We assessed potential effects of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla) breeding at Sirius Point on Kiska Island, the largest auklet colony in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
		We compared productivity, chick growth, and adult survival of Least Auklets during 2001-2003 at Kiska and two nearby, rat-free Least Auklet colonies on Buldir and Kasatochi islands.
		During 2001 and 2002 (when rats were abundant), productivity at Kiska was the lowest ever recorded for this species (0.09-0.16 chicks fledged per eggs laid), primarily because of high mortality of newly hatched chicks.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200607/ai_n16629435 (837 words)

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		It has a more restricted range than other members of its genus, Aethia, living only around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia (like Commander Islands), and breeding on these islands.
		It is one of the smallest alcids, only the closely related Least Auklet being smaller.
		Its name is derived from the long white feathers on its face that are part of its breeding plumage.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Whiskered_Auklet (295 words)

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